The Darker Than Black concert moves between the Renaissance and modern times, an ode to what was once called ‘black bile’, a kind of melancholy cocktail that made musicians smile as they played – and still does. The trio includes a clear voice with no vibrato, acoustic or electric guitar and Eva Reiter’s richly nuanced viola da gamba. Together they weave a sound tapestry of poisonously juicy miniatures: short, bittersweet melodies, ostinati à la Purcell, slow-motion pop songs and nighttime outpourings. Time sweetly disolves; the new year is here.

•     Jürg Frey (1953) - Abendlied, uit ‘50 Sächelchen’
•     John Dowland (1563) – Mourne, Mourne, Day is with Darkness fled &  What if A Day
•     Arthur Lavandier (1987) – My Naked Lady framed
•     Tobias Hume (1569) – What greater Grief & Loves Farewell
•     Wolfgang Mitterer (1958) – Mourn, Mourn
•     Jürg Frey (1953) – Cadillac, uit ‘50 Sächelchen’
•     Bernhard Gander (1959) – Darkness awaits us
•     Thomas Campian (1567) – All looks be pale
•     Francesco Filidei (1973) – … And here they do not
•     John Dowland (1563) – Time stands still
•     Stephen Goodall (1650) – Untitled
•     Burkhard Stangl (1960) – Nights
•     Bernhard Gander (1959) – Lamenti I
•     Jürg Frey (1953) – No 32, uit ‘50 Sächelchen’
•     Burkhard Stangl (1960) – With you